omg, Vorn, I don't have a fear of heights and I still get scared shitless when I'm rock climbing. Granted, when you're on top rope, at least for me, it goes away to a good degree once I fall a few times and realize how well the rope and my belayer have me anchored, but I still get nerves and shaky hands on my way up.

Just make sure you always have a good belayer. I went on a women's rock climbing trip once and when I looked down my belayer was distracted and looking at some of the other girls having a conversation, and she didn't hear me when I started asking her to take in the rope a bit because I wanted it more taut. Fucking seriously?

@Argos & Vornaskotti: Every time I get back into rock climbing, the fear of heights is fairly intense, especially when it comes to rappelling back down. Or I get stuck in a touch spot. And yeah, when I climb, I want the rope extra taut for that reason.

Me, I got a lizard! I spent a bloody ton of time as a kid catching these and following the lifespan of a colony of these lizards and individual animals when I was in single digits and a pre-teen. It's been quite a few years from the previous catch, but caught this fellow on our climbing trip today. Twice, actually, since he just stayed on to derp where I let him go to handle some rope stuff.